Examining the national economic impacts of disruption in New Zealand from natural hazards

Exploring the immediate impact of business and community disruption

Discussing the impact of a long recovery process on regional economic development

Looking at the ways to mitigate economic disruption after floods, slips or natural hazards

PROFESSOR ILAN NOY, Professor of Economics, Victoria University

11.40

Assessing risk for our vulnerable communities - how much is acceptable before adapting?

Dr Rob Bell discusses the frameworks for hazard and risk assessments that incorporate changing risk profiles and for deriving triggers and pathways to reduce risk for exposed communities and infrastructure.

Examining the current and future risk exposure of coastal flood and erosion prone communities

Hazard, risk and vulnerability assessment frameworks and their application to changing risk profiles

Exploring the effects of vulnerability on liveability, disruption, and performance levels of service for engineering lifelines

Adaptive approaches to climate change for communities and infrastructure to avoid path dependencies and work around uncertainties

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE - Remote sensing and its role in the flood ‘life-cycle’

Flooding is one of the most frequent and costliest natural disasters in terms of lives lost and destruction of property. By 2050 costs of floods in coastal cities alone are said to reach $1 trillion annually.

How can remote-sensing help in understanding changes in susceptibility due to sea-level rise and climate change?

Rising incidences of extreme weather events means that councils and stakeholders more than ever need to be aware of their flood risk and where flooding may hit. In this masterclass Dragan Tutulic will instruct delegates and answer questions on how to use the MIKE software products to understand flood models and use this to manage their area flood risk.